Parkinson Disease: what we know and where we are - Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder
known to prevalent in aging people. The symptoms include
movement control, posture change, and tremors. Although, it
is considered as an idiopathic disease, however, reported data
indicates that genetic factor and environment factor could also
be a culprit behind this disease pathology, such as exposure of
pesticides rotenone, chlorpyrifos and many other have been
found as a potential risk for PD. To understand better the role
of environment factor in PD, a huge attempt is ongoing. The
mechanism for PD progression by these factors include the rise in
oxidative stress, mitochondrial stress, ER stress and proteotoxicity.
Proteotoxicity, plays a crucial role in PD progression, especially a
protein known as alpha synuclein known to present in substantia
nigra. In PD pathological condition, the alpha- synuclein form
aggregates and lead to induction of proteotoxicity and ultimately
loss of dopaminergic neuron. Aggregation of alpha-synuclein also
serve as a hallmark for PD.